Housing Wire

MARCH 19, 2024

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Housing Counseling (OHC) has made a series of updates to its Housing Counseling Program Handbook, including extensive additions, consolidations and reorganizations to a section focused on the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 28, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on non lender appraisals, USPAP and Bias, Fannie changes, unusual homes, mortgage origination Futuristic in Folsom, CA, near Sacramento for $2,395,000 4bed 4.5+bath It additionally says that the client communicates most of the information necessary. What’s next?

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Appraisal Today

APRIL 19, 2024

For too long, appraisers have faced sweeping claims that their valuations are biased against certain groups, despite appraisers’ ethical standards, rigorous training, and lack of financial stake in transactions. There are 12 principal forms used for a mortgage origination appraisal. bath, 5,258 sq.ft.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 27, 2021

Here it is: another article about appraisal modernization. The FHFA RFI responses to appraisal modernization are a treasure trove of insight into ideas and options for modernization from a wide variety of respondents. No doubt, investment in modernization is needed in the appraisal process.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Our data marketing plus automation of client reviews, referral requests and listing agent marketing helps us hit that target. I trained vocally for 12 years and had big dreams. Happy LO’s is the best ROI tracking a mortgage CMO can hope for. Jones, you have a lot of options of companies to do a mortgage transaction with.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 19, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on hybrid appraisals, business tips, UAD info from Freddie, Fannie modernization, non-lender appraisals, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = They can tell their clients that their data collectors are qualified, as compared with their competitors.

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 29, 2024

A recent Wall Street Journal article noted that in Florida some homeowners have seen their homeowner premiums triple in the last five years and in some communities these premiums are now higher than their mortgage payments. HW: What can servicers and their tax service providers do to get ahead of the escrow wave? How would this work?

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Nexus Origination features a native mobile experience for both originators and borrowers to easily navigate the mortgage process while improving the efficiency of task completion and communication between parties. An assigned project manager assists clients through their implementation. Andria Lightfoot, Chief Customer Officer.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 20, 2023

With its potential to reach new clients and gain tremendous ROI, social media has become one of the most effective marketing tools for businesses big and small. Just sold stories If your clients are willing to be featured on your socials, celebrate their sale. Readers are more likely to remember stories that evoke emotions.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post – Bias, Cost cutting, slow business, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. AMCs had taken over the mortgage-lending work. Varies widely around the country. == Mortgage applications decreased 13.3 Budget cuts. Retraction.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 7, 2023

You may lose a client. In the past, appraisers were trained by FHA to redline, with lower values in Black neighborhoods. Everything has been fully modernized. While higher mortgage rates remain a challenge, the year-over-year price decrease may help stimulate future sales. Of course, some appraisers could be biased.

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Walitt Solutions

JULY 28, 2019

During my presentation, I reviewed with the audience a number of appraisal scenarios that have been common practice for decades – often in spaces outside of first mortgage lending. Nevertheless, it reminds us of the broad spectrum of scopes of work possible in appraisal practice.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 25, 2021

No matter if you’re planning to put your home for sale or refinancing your mortgage, lenders , sellers, and buyers alike need to get professional appraisers to help determine the real value of a home. PMI, otherwise known as private mortgage insurance, are typically necessary only in conventional loans with down payment lower than 20%.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 25, 2021

No matter if you’re planning to put your home for sale or refinancing your mortgage, lenders , sellers, and buyers alike need to get professional appraisers to help determine the real value of a home. PMI, otherwise known as private mortgage insurance, are typically necessary only in conventional loans with down payment lower than 20%.

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Appraisal Today

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraiser fights back against bias accusation, ok behavior when taking Zoom CE classes, estate appraisal liability issues, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Get the relevant date of value from the client or client’s attorney.

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Listing Spark

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Time spent on the market means paying interest on the monthly mortgage, paying utilities, and paying for landscaping upkeep and cleaning services. You might be away from your computer due to touring potential purchases or meeting with clients and advisors. Ease of Use: It should be easy for you to adopt and train employees on.

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AmeriMac

MARCH 25, 2021

No matter if you’re planning to put your home for sale or refinancing your mortgage, lenders , sellers, and buyers alike need to get professional appraisers to help determine the real value of a home. PMI, otherwise known as private mortgage insurance, are typically necessary only in conventional loans with down payment lower than 20%.

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Appraisal Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

4 Myths About Property Data Collection By McKissock Excerpts: Myth #1: PDC is the same thing as property appraisal As a professional appraiser, you know very well that what a property data collector does is not the same as what you do — even if your clients don’t always understand the difference. My wife asked me why I did this?

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Housing Wire

JUNE 28, 2021

He started contracting with home mortgage lenders to appraise the value of the property tied to a loan. “It But DeZarn was an independent contractor business of one, and he lost his clients in 2008 when the housing market imploded. AMCs business model is to snare contracts from mortgage lenders, and serve as their appraiser middleman.

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Appraisal Today

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Depending on how you were trained, at the beginner level you typically view appraisals as forms — forms with checkboxes to be checked or left blank. For as long as I have been appraising, lenders had special lists for the tough ones, or for a valuable bank client that borrows money from the bank and has large deposits.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on appraisal “modernization”, bias hearing, bad appraiser, USPAP, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. == Appraiser pleads guilty in $1.3B AI has to be trained on good data. May 24, 2023) — Mortgage applications decreased 4.6

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Housing Wire

JANUARY 31, 2021

We’re doing that by creating future tools within Servicing Gateway to improve servicers’ speed to market for mortgage resolution. The Guide is the foundation for clients to originate, deliver and service Freddie Mac loans. Servicing Gateway is unique in that it incorporates policy with technology.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 29, 2022

SW: The mortgage industry saw huge origination volume over the last two years. SW: We hear a lot these days about appraisal modernization. What does appraisal modernization mean to you? But I think that it’s going to help solve a lot of problems both now and in future as we move toward more modern valuation methods.

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Clear Capital

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Very exciting new company in the mortgage and real estate space. The amount of home like home equity available to mortgage holders, who retained at least 20% equity stake in their home rose by more than $250 billion in the third quarter and overall tappable home equity increased by 32% in the last year, for an aggregate total of $9.4

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Clear Capital

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Clear cCapital just announced that we have acquired a Finnish proptech startup called CubiCasa and CubiCasa is incredibly exciting technology that enables anyone with a smartphone and no training to do a 10-minute walkthrough a property and get a fully detailed, accurate floorplan with gross living area. Kenon Chen. Jeff Allen. Kenon Chen.

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Appraisal Today

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Maintain USPAP compliance – Confirm the ROV request came from your client, either directly or through the client’s AMC, acting as an agent for the client, or other party designated as an agent by the client. Get the relevant date of value from the client or client’s attorney. The 10 U.S.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 27, 2022

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on VA appraisals, appraisal modernization, eliminate VA panel, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. The market changing again with increasing interest rates, in the inevitable ups and downs of mortgage lending. Who Moved My Appraisal Cheese?

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